PC components - check mobo has external serial port

> Sam Varghese wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 05:19:04PM +1100 Tony Langdon said:
>>
>>>At 04:42 PM 12/18/2005, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>64-bit doesn't get much in extra speed for most apps. It is good for
>>>> large
>>>>data problems such as video or databases, or it can be as simple as
>>>> making
>>>>tar files a few gigabytes in size for backing up lots of data (2GB is
>>>> the
>>>>limit for 32-bit systems iirc).
>>>
>>>Actually, many filesystems support > 2GB file sizes under 32 bit
>>>Linux.  It is documented on the Net, and I have done it myself on 2.4
>>>and 2.6 kernel based systems on 32 bit PC hardware
>>
>> Thanks for the input all of you. I'll probably pick up the bits and
>> pieces mid-week and have it set up by the weekend. A final question -
>> between ABIT and ASUS what would you pick?
>
> Check for things like highest front-side bus speed and highest agp slot
> speed. Don't know if there's much difference between the brands.
> Apart from the usual peripherals, some motherboards have more pci slots
> and usb sockets than others.

Agree with the above. I have not noticed any obvious difference over and
above that by the CPU capacity designation, whether 32 or 64 bit.

Just avoid the trap I fell into, if  buying Asus A8V-E SE - it has one
internal but no external serial port, i.e. I am going to some lengths to
get the internal lead necessary to use my external serial modem.
Cheers
Eric
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